OT - SweaterVest Speech at Halftime Last Saturday
JT/SweaterVest Halftime speech vs. PSU on 11/13/2010 Sharing this with the MGoBlog community to give insight on what changed last Saturday's game between PSU and tOSU last weekend. |
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November 19th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
YAAAAAAAAAAY!
November 19th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
doesn't erase being as ass to a kid...
November 19th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
Absolutely it does. He made a mistake, owned up to it, and apologized in front of everyone.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:28 PM ^
seems like a genuinely decent fellow. Too bad I hate him anyways.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
You know, in a way I hate him, but sometimes I respect him so much it's hard. I don't care if this is heresy or not, but if that story is true, it is awesome. It would be nice to think that OSU fans at the very least hated-but-still-respected Lloyd Carr for similar reasons, but I doubt that is the case.
November 20th, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
I never hated Carr. I hated Cooper, then when Tressel came, there was no reason to hate Carr. I did respect Carr, though.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
I really hope he retires soon.
November 19th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
shucks Mr. Tressel you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore
November 19th, 2010 at 12:30 PM ^
I like my amphetamines theory better.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
Pretty intense, I may not like the man, but he lit a fire under my ass and I'm just bored at work.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
some of Rich's speeches. I can think of 3-4 games this year. Definitely Illinois.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
that Rodriguez can light a fire like Tressel can.
Now if he can shore up our defense, we can start the UM Football Pain Train and smoke some fools!
November 19th, 2010 at 1:43 PM ^
Choo choooooo! The pain train cometh!
November 19th, 2010 at 1:27 PM ^
..."Hey... Our helmets got wings. C'mon..."
November 19th, 2010 at 1:38 PM ^
Uh huh. That is not a man I want to see angry, and definitely not a man I would want angry at me. I might soil myself if it happened.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
If I were in the student assistant's shoes, I would have liked to pull this picture out of my pocket and hand it to Coach Tressel. In fact I'm going to print it out now and carry it in my wallet in case one day I need to use it.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:36 PM ^
He should have said, "if you don't want to have to wear a sweatervest for the rest of your life, get out there and win this game!!"
November 19th, 2010 at 12:39 PM ^
I met Tressel after he got the gig in Columbus but before his first game at OSU. Lloyd was speaking here in Cleveland at a high school football awards banquet and Tressel and his now late mother attended. My then 15 year old son went with me and we sat a table filled with Northern Ohio Wolverines for the speech. After Lloyd finished they started showing a highlight video of the high school kids so my son and I snuck out as it was getting late. We did so at the same time Tressel and his mom were leaving and my son and Mrs. Tressel both had to use the bathroom at the same time so Jim and I were standing there, me wearing my Michigan polo and the soon to be new coach of OSU. I said "congrats coach, I hope you go 12-1 every year." He said "me too, but I don't want to lose the one you want me to lose." Then we proceeded to talk football for about 15 minutes and he was one of the nicest and friendliest persons I've ever met. He invited my too skinny son to come to Columbus and gave me his cell phone number and said I should call him if i'm ever down his way and want a tour of the stadium. In short he was VERY nice to someone he didn't need to be nice to and I thought immediately "ut oh.....we're in trouble if this guy can coach at all."
Unfortunately for us he can coach and well as recruit. Extremely well.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:48 PM ^
That's a great story. He's a great coach and I certainly respect him a great deal*. I would hope most sane Michigan fans would agree.
*- ugh 8-1
November 19th, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
That sucks. Hearing that makes it harder for me to hate him.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:40 PM ^
why should I care what a guy I can't stand says to a team I can't stand?
November 19th, 2010 at 12:42 PM ^
I don't know. You don't have to care if you don't want to. I thought it was interesting to read about something I otherwise would have never known. I guess to throw a question back at you, after reading the title, what made you care enough to click the link?
November 19th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
I would have a hard time as a player in that room paying attention to Tressel, what with him wearing that silly sweater vest. My mind would definitely wander . . . I'd ask myself: "Why would someone take a perfectly fine sweater and cut the sleeves off?"
November 19th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
Roasted.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:22 PM ^
Maybe he's just trying to be like his idol, only nerdier:
November 19th, 2010 at 12:45 PM ^
So what you're saying is, Jim Tressel experiences emotions? Huh, never would have guessed...
November 19th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
That is all.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
"We spent all week with brave men & women that have served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice...they are here today as guests and we honor their service with a horse (bleep) performace like that?"
"We are not losing this game. Absolutely not. Every single time we lose to that team, t-shirts are made. Not here, not today."
Great stuff. When we get good again, these games are going to be epic.
November 19th, 2010 at 3:36 PM ^
Every single time we lose to that team, t-shirts are made. Not here, not today."
I would say that would be a good way for RRod to start the pregame speech for next year's MSU game.
November 19th, 2010 at 6:21 PM ^
I couldn't agree more.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
that will make a W in Cbus that much more rewarding. You can't deny that that team has been the class of the B10 on the field, and beating them will signal everybody that we are on our way back. All titles will run through Ann Arbor from then on
November 19th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
He took me hostage and proceeded to rob a bank. He held me at gunpoint with an Uzi and a shiv and barked orders in language so profane it'd make Mike Barwis blush. He shot three women, I think they were nuns. When the teller gave him the bag full of money, he proceeded to demand that the guy go through all of the bags and remove any two-dollar bills. While he waited, he built a makeshift altar out of a nearby toys-for-tots display and set it on fire while worshipping the devil and carving pentagrams on the foreheads of senior citizens. He made fun of a mentally-challenged child that had been in line, and even removed some mattress tags from a bed that inexplicably sat nearby. At some point he also admitted to killing JFK, John Lennon, Woody Hayes, Michael Jackson and Pat Tillman. He then dumped all of the money into a wicker basket that was actually an old Andy Katzenmoyer college project, and deposited a huge amount of the money into Kirk Herbstreit's Swiss bank account to finally pay off the Les Miles Incident. And when it was finally time for him to leave, he threw me on the sidewalk and laughed about discussing this during his next lecture on Tuesday before making his getaway in a Japanese-made car driven by Mike Rosenberg.
And for some strange reason, it never made the papers.... not even the local Youngstown Vindicator, whose editor, photographer and top three writers were in the line just behind me. Explain that.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
Damn your story is way cooler than mine.
November 19th, 2010 at 2:24 PM ^
There, now you have an explanation!
November 19th, 2010 at 2:40 PM ^
My favorite part was him ripping off the mattress tags
Well done, boss
November 19th, 2010 at 3:25 PM ^
The seems somewhat unlikely. I'd think he'd use an actual knife instead of a shiv.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
I was given a peek at the vest he was given by Nike for The Game. Black Friday edition...
November 19th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
Boys, if we don't win this game the cash, the cars, and the women are all going to be taken away from you! (SARCASM INTENDED!)
November 19th, 2010 at 1:31 PM ^
Does the guy have any faults, except coaching the enemy? I mean at least Woody was easy to despise, being a dick and all. SweaterVest? FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I'm sorry....
EDIT: sorry this was a reply to an above anecdote.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:42 PM ^
From the get-go I pictured Tressel saying: "BLUE! WHY IS THERE NO ICE IN MY LEMONADE!?"
November 19th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^
As I have told people before, I have great respect for JT and the Ohio State program. I am probably going to get negged to death for this but I do. Granted, I want to beat them every year and I hate that he is 8-1 against us, but the respect is still there. People question me when I don't cheer for Ohio State to lose, and when I say I want them to be a good team. The reason the Michigan vs Ohio State rivalry is this big is because both teams have a great tradition, and field winners. If one teams is awful, it diminishes the importance of a great rivalry. I hate Ohio State as much as any Michigan fan but within that hate is a feeling of mutual respect that I think makes this rivalry so special. Great halftime speech by JT, they sure played like they had something to prove in the second half too.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
It's not about Tressel, and it's not about the players either. It's the fanbase that makes it all so loathe-worthy. Bunch a' morans. Douchenozzles. Douchenuggets.
November 19th, 2010 at 2:03 PM ^
The fan base can be a bit much, however a lot of fan bases could say that. I know some Michigan "fans" who I am embarrassed to call Michigan fans. However, when it comes to the football team, the coach, and the institution they are a class act imho.
November 19th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
Doucheberries. Kinda like a dingleberry, kinda not.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO HATE TRESSEL
November 19th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
But I can not hate Tressel. I've said it before, but I think the guy is class and I have a great deal of respect for him. That being said, I hate that we have not beat them in forever.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:57 PM ^
JT asked the captains to walk to the center of the room and face a mirror
Then JT proceeded to reenact the dance Buffalo Bill did in Silence of the Lambs.
Seriously I'm one of the people who want them to go 11-1 every year and it hard to hate the Vest but damn did he sell his soul or something with his record.
PS at least he didn't throat punch the young lady ala Woody style.
November 19th, 2010 at 2:03 PM ^
Tressel (looking in the mirror): "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me."
November 19th, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^